The war memorial consists of a clock and two plaques on the wall of the Primary School, Pilsley
Pilsley (near Edensor) War Memorials
1914 – 1918
THIS CLOCK WAS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
“HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE WHO SINK TO REST BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BLEST”
1939 – 1945
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO SERVED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES.
Sources used: Soldiers Died in the Great War CD-Rom Soldiers Died in the Second World War 1939-1945 CD Rom - Naval & Military Press Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ancestry British Newspaper Archive The First World War Campaign Medals DVD-Rom – Naval & Military Press
All photographs, unless otherwise stated, copyright of Chris Preston
1914 – 1918
THIS CLOCK WAS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
ALLAN BOWERING
HARRY BRUMBY
JOHN FEARNLEY
GEORGE EDWARD SIDDALL M.M.
“HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE WHO SINK TO REST BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BLEST”
1939 – 1945
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO SERVED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES.
GORDON BOWERING.
SYDNEY LORD.
WILLIAM STONE.
CYRIL THOMAS NEAVE.
GEORGE ALLEN HOWARD.
“THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.”
Sources used:
Soldiers Died in the Great War CD-Rom
Soldiers Died in the Second World War 1939-1945 CD Rom - Naval & Military Press
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry
British Newspaper Archive
The First World War Campaign Medals DVD-Rom – Naval & Military Press
All photographs, unless otherwise stated, copyright of Chris Preston